Pooja Mittal was born and raised in Nigeria, although she has lived in various countries including India and New Zealand. She is now settled in Melbourne, Australia, where she is studying at Monash University. She has been published in numerous journals of both the print and online varieties, including JAAM, Poetry Niederngasse, Jacket, Trout, Spin, Conspire, Southern Ocean Review and others. In 2001, she was featured poet for Poetry NZ—its youngest featured poet ever at the age of seventeen. She was also chosen as New Zealand’s representative for UNESCO’s Babele Poetica